Mirchi ka Salan Recipe

From Vegetarian Dishes Section

Mirchi ka Salan Dish

• 250 gms chillies, boiled in salted water till colour changes and drained
• 1 onion, sliced fine
• 1 tbsp desiccated dry khopra
• 1 tsp chironji
• 1½ tsp til
• 1 tsp dhania powder
• 1 tsp jeera
• 2 tsp adrak-lasan paste
• ½ tsp chilli powder
• ¼ tsp haldi
• A few curry patta
• Walnut sized imli, dissolved in 1½ cups water
• 3 tbsp oil
• Salt to taste

Lightly roast and grind the following to a paste: til, chironji and khopra. Add dhania powder, chilli powder and haldi.

Heat oil and add the jeera, allow it to splutter. Then add the masala paste and adrak-lasan paste and fry till oil separates.

Add the drained chillies, curry patta, fry a little. Pour in the tamarind water, adding salt to taste.

Simmer till the gravy is thick and oil floats to the top.

Serve with Biryani.